Stahlwolle
German, noun[ˈʃtaːlˌvɔlə]
Stahlwolle is spelled S-T-A-H-L-W-O-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stahlwolle is a German feminine noun meaning “steel wool, wire wool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gekräuselte Stahlfasern, die zum Reinigen, Schleifen und Polieren eingesetzt werden”.
What does Stahlwolle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesteel wool, wire wool
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gekräuselte Stahlfasern, die zum Reinigen, Schleifen und Polieren eingesetzt werden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Stahlwolle
- Stahlwollen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stahlwolle?
- [ˈʃtaːlˌvɔlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Stahlwolle in German?
Stahlwolle appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).